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ICYMI, the past two episodes have been part of IER...IN SPAAAAAAAAACE! Starting with @pigsflew.com first wish episode where @faeriviera.bsky.social and @demisemme.bsky.social discuss the...interesting 1998 adaptation of Lost in Space! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

We have now wrapped up our Pride Month festivities! Last week @faeriviera.bsky.social @demisemme.bsky.social @dreamsrebel.bsky.social @elessar42.bsky.social and @momentaryhorrors.bsky.social discussed our very strong feelings about The Grimrose Girls! ineachretelling.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

"Love isn't patient or kind...love is messy," as @faeriviera.bsky.social @elessar42.bsky.social @youngmrduffy.bsky.social and @wetc.cc's artistic director Ilana discover as they discuss 2020's The Half of It! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

In spite of some delays, IER's Pride Month 3: Let's Go Lesbians, Let's Go is underway, starting with last weeks episode on Portrait of a Lady on Fire, featuring @faeriviera.bsky.social @elessar42.bsky.social and Shami! ineachretelling.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

Hey guys, I hate to ask this, but there are a few students of mine who have recently had their homes damaged or destroyed in house fires. If at all possible, PLEASE donate to the following links gofund.me/481edfde www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...

BREAKING: The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering". It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists. You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE! #MAGAKidnappers

Guess who's back, back again, dear listeners! After months of hiatus, we have returned! First, join us for our much belated Dracula Weekly Finale! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

Cool. Now we gotta put our money where our mouths have been and see this thing when it releases. Matter of fact, if you still haven’t seen ‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’ and you still can, go see that please.

We're so extremely excited about this fundraiser and so appreciative of all the amazing creators, writers, artists and all around fabulous humans who have come together to make this happen. ☺️🏳️‍⚧️

every single generation always thinks the future isnt gonna suck and then whines when it does at some point we gotta learn

We've yet to QUITE make it out of Hadestown, but we plan to do so before the end of the month. In the mean time, consider celebrating this Vernal Equinox with the first part of our LENGTHY discussion of the brilliant show. www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

Happy birthday to our very good friend of the pod @youngmrduffy.bsky.social and Happy Vernal Equinox! Hopefully Hades isn't too cranky.

I sat down with my girlfriend, @elessar42.bsky.social , and @faeriviera.bsky.social on Ellie's podcast to discuss Gentleman's Agreement, the 1947 Oscar winner for Best Picture. youtu.be/dseMaB-vVm8

The newest episode of The Biggest Night in Podcasting is up. I was joined by @faeriviera.bsky.social and @xandypeters.bsky.social to discuss Gentleman's Agreement and I think we would up having a really interesting discussion despite it's...plot summary. youtu.be/dseMaB-vVm8?...

This weekend we had an IER double feature, first the belated Mardi Gras special on The Princess and the Frog, with host @faeriviera.bsky.social, guests Regina, Charley of @mysteryshackpod.bsky.social, Syd, and Shami! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

What an unbelievable coincidence, we'll be having our own Mardi Gras special next Monday, and you'll never ever guess what we're covering for it. 😉 Join us on 3/10 for further thoughts on one of @faeriviera.bsky.social's favorite Disney princesses!

It took us a little longer than expected, but we're back with a very belated Valentine's Day episode as @faeriviera.bsky.social @dreamsrebel.bsky.social @elessar42.bsky.social Shami and Syd crack open Bridget Jones's Diary! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.

Apparently it is Pinocchio Day, because it is the anniversary of the Disney film. Released 85 years ago, many would argue this story has yet to be adapted so well! What do you think? Do you have a favorite appearance of the little wooden boy?

IER is sort of back with yet another collaboration with Worlds Elsewhere in honor of their upcoming production of Pygmalion, where @faeriviera.bsky.social speaks with the director, @demisemme.bsky.social , producer Ilana and...an unexpected guest. www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

The perpetual usage of the "get out of complexity free" card by acting as though you alone have always been woke to this horror by saying that an award-winning, massively influential comic series was Actually Poorly Written is just the most dogshit cowardly move. Worse than "Hatsune Miku wrote this"

We have done this so many times with authors! Within living memory, even. Within this *century,* even. We are still doing a protracted version of this today with Rowling. You must do this work.

This is a basic facet of media studies. How do you reconcile the reader's relationship with the work with the author's indelible fingerprints upon the work, and what else those fingers have done? There isn't, has never been, an easy answer. Ease simply does not factor into the equation.

We have to keep doing this. We have to do this with books and films and games and any meaningful media. Recognize that it's skillfully crafted, recognize the meaning it has to you, and do the terrible math of weighing it against who created it and what they have done.

A month or so ago I saw a post by someone saying "we should all admit that Neil Gaiman has always been a shitty writer." That whole knee jerk revisionism. No, man, that's part of the whole horror. He's an internationally recognized writer. Objectively a good writer. But he's also a fucking monster.

We're still on hiatus, but in the meantime, enjoy @faeriviera.bsky.social, Justin, Shami and @dreamsrebel.bsky.social discussing the new additions to the Public Domain this year... www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

Happy New Year and happy belated Hanukkah, here's what's now our first episode of 2025, where @faeriviera.bsky.social @mysteryshackpod.bsky.social and @bex-silberfein.bsky.social discuss the "Hanukkah basketball movie", Full Court Miracle! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

Hear Curator Charley talk about their favorite Christmas Special!

This year, @faeriviera.bsky.social @snakebitcat.bsky.social Shami @mysteryshackpod.bsky.social and Justin are spending Christmas in the Twilight Zone for Rod Serling's 100th birthday by discussing BOTH versions of "The Night of the Meek"! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

here's an animation test and some model sheets and character designs from "A Christmas Coral" a FireBlast Studios special we never ended up making (at least not yet) because it was too ambitious for just one person, especially at my skillset. 🧵

We take a break from our holiday festivities in honor of the upcoming remake as @faeriviera.bsky.social @youngmrduffy.bsky.social Shami and Justin talk about 1922's Nosferatu! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

A portrait of famous Victorian author, Charles Dickens from this day in 2019.

Chanukkah came early this year on In Each Retelling, starting with @faeriviera.bsky.social talking to hosts of @mysteryshackpod.bsky.social , Charley and @drawnwithoutref.bsky.social about their very first collaboration, just in time for the 10th anniversary, How the Grunkle Stole Chanukkah!

I accidentally reveal a lot of ways my brain is polluted in this episode and I think it's very funny, so check it out.

This week on In Each Retelling, @faeriviera.bsky.social @elessar42.bsky.social and Grady are pitching holiday adaptations of the works of Jane Austen, with @dreamsrebel.bsky.social as judge. For some reason they all wound up being for both Christmas AND Halloween. www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

Dear listeners, they're lesbians. Join @faeriviera.bsky.social @elessar42.bsky.social @demisemme.bsky.social and Beth in the beginnings of IER's holiday festivities with 2015's Carol! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

And the mutual aid spotlight is Amal for Women's campaign for the women of Sudan. They are incredibly close to their goal, let's try to get them over the line. www.gofundme.com/f/provide-sh...

My feelings on wicked are a little, well, complicated…

This week, at long last, we reach the Emerald City of our journey through Oz with the musical that rewrote @faeriviera.bsky.social brain chemistry! Join faer, @dreamsrebel.bsky.social @demisemme.bsky.social @vailtoset.bsky.social in discussing this iconic show! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

On today's episode, theme park journalist @alicia.social gives us the scoop on the real Dark Universe land at Universal Studios Florida, and we pitch her a few new rides and attractions based on our sprawling universe of imaginary Dark Universe movies! Now streaming everywhere: darkuniversepod.com

Dear readers, I just discovered the Legend of the Christmas Spider, and shut up, this is such a precious story! Basically a poor family grew a pine tree but couldn't afford to decorate it for Christmas, but they woke up to find spiderwebs on it that turned to silver and gold in the sunlight!

one of the most delightful episodes! I made far too many gnome puns and defended my beloved transgender chicken billiana!

It has come to my attention that many new fans of Wicked are clamoring to buy the novel, and I am not gonna tell you don't do that, but I AM gonna advise you maybe do some research on the differences before you do. Might I suggest our episode on it? www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

This week in In Each Retelling, @faeriviera.bsky.social has some complicated feelings about Gregory Maguire's novel that was the source material of one of faer favorite musicals, (and now favorite movie of the year), and needs to hash it out with Adele and Amy. www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

In case you missed it, @faeriviera.bsky.social @bex-silberfein.bsky.social @dreamsrebel.bsky.social Charley, and Leif discussed Return to Oz for the second episode of Oz Month! www.buzzsprout.com/2193156/epis...

I’m convinced the “do audiobooks count as reading?” argument all derives from those mid-90s summer reading pizza challenges. Folks - we’re all in our 30s and 40s now. It’s no longer a competition. Go buy your favorite pie with your adult money and let people enjoy books however they want.

We just finished recording the Jane Austen Birthday special for the podcast. The premise was "pitch a Jane Austen adaptation set around the holidays", and somehow every single pitch ended up including monsters and/or ghosts. Soooo fellow Nightmare Before Christmas lovers, we're eating well.